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...hidden political criticism of China. But I do bet the political tension will never ease when it comes to China. The essay is right to question whether the result would have been different if the deal was proposed by a private company in the West. I believe the root of the problem lies in the differences between capitalism and communism. I have spent 30 years of my life living on both sides, and I honestly believe that we build our societies using the same good values. We just speak different languages. Yongfeng Shang, Rosebery, Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...everyone agrees that the Mothers Act is destined to help. At the root of the dissent is the issue of screening: Does PPD screening identify cases of real depression or simply contribute to the potentially dangerous medicalization of motherhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postpartum Depression: Do All Moms Need Screening? | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...Palin, however, these aren't isolated incidents. She believes they grow from the same root, which is too big and too formidable to ignore. "A lot of this comes from Washington, D.C. The trail is pretty direct and pretty obvious to us," says Meg Stapleton, a close Palin adviser in Alaska. Awaiting a flight back to Anchorage from distant Dillingham, Stapleton adds that the anti-Palin offensive seems lifted straight from The Thumpin', which describes the political strategies of Rahm Emanuel, who is now the White House chief of staff. "It's the Sarah Palin playbook. It's how they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Outsider: Where Is Sarah Palin Going Next? | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...Alim denied that either factor lay at the root of the eruption of anger. "The real cause," he says, "is six decades of heavy-handed repression by the Chinese government in Xinjiang that has reduced Uighurs to second-class citizens in their own homeland. If we speak up, we get killed. If we don't speak up, we will be wiped out as a people in a few decades" by Han Chinese immigration and forced assimilation. Bequelin said the feeling of helplessness and desperation conveyed by those words gives a strong indication of the forces driving the Uighur protesters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: At Least 140 Dead in Xinjiang Province Clashes | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

Noland argues that this "almost back-to-the-future reversion of economic policy" stems from the same root cause as Pyongyang's recent belligerence: North Korean politics. North Korea watchers speculate that Kim Jong Il, who likely suffered a stroke last year, is maneuvering to install his son, Kim Jong Un, as his successor, and that Pyongyang's May nuclear test, recent war threats and anticipated long-range missile launch are all part of an effort to build support for the Kims, especially among the country's powerful military brass. Economic policy, Noland says, has become tied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea's Other Crisis: An Economy in Tatters | 6/30/2009 | See Source »

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